Window-frame.



PATENTED MAY 2, 1905.

C. S. MOORE.

WINDOW FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.13, 1904.

UNVCHIOI Charles S Mauve wltneesee v. V. e n t o t t B UNITED STATESPatented May 2, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. MOORE, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

WINDOW-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,050, dated May 2,1905.

Application filed August 13, 1904. Seria1No.220,658-

To (ZZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. MooRu'a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVindow-FrameConstructions, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved construction of window-frame; andthe primary object of the invention is to provide means admitting ofready removal of the sash from the frame without mutilation of theeasement, as is commonly necessary in the ordinary construction of.frame at present in use. In other words, a side of the frame is providedwith a movable section of substantially the length of one of the sash,and this movable section is adapted to be so operated as to admit of alateral movement of a sash when the latter is moved alongside of themovable section to facilitate the displacement of the sash from theframe.-

It being often desirable to entirely remove the sash from thewindow-frame for cleaning the window-panes thereof or for removal ofobjects through the window, it will be seen that it is essentiallydesirable that the above may be quickly done without going to thetrouble which is usually incident to this operation at the present time.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention aresusceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a view, partially in elevation and partially broken away, showing thepractical embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig.1, the movable section of the frame being shown in the position assumedthereby in order to remove one of the sash. Fig. 3 is a view lookingtoward the inner face of the side of the frame provided with the movablesection and bringing out clearly the manner of attachment of thesupporting-strips, which cooperate with the movable section in the useof the invention.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The windowframe is designated 1 in the drawings and is of any suitableconstruction generally employed in building structures. The upper andlower sash 2 are movably mounted in the sides of the frames in the usualmanner, parting-strips 3 being utilized in order to properly direct thevertical movement of the sash. The sides of the frame are indicated at4, and one of said sides is cut away at apoint between the upper andlower ends thereof for some distance, a distance substantially thelength of one of the sash 2. The cut-away portion 5 is of a width aboutthe same as the combined width of the upper and lower sash, and thisportion 5 receives a movable section 6, which entirely closes the sideof the frame at the out-away portion described. The movable section 6may be made of boarding or of any suitable material and is provided witha parting-strip 3, forming a continuation of one of the parting-stripsof the adjacent side 4 of the window-frame. In other words, the section6 forms a part of the window-frame structure, and when the sash 2 are inposition under normal conditions of service the section 6 is hardly tobe noticed The essential feature of the invention resides in thepeculiar form of the section 6 of the window-frame and in the specialmeans for mounting said section thereon. Supporting-strips 7 areattached to the rear or inner face of the side 4 of the frame which iscut away at 5, and these strips 7 are vertically disposed and locatedupon opposite sides of the cut-away portion 5, as shown most clearly inFig. 3 of the drawings. The strips 7 are provided with inclined slots 8,continuations of which are formed in the side 4 of the frame uponopposite portions of the cut-away part thereof. The slots 8 extendrearwardly or horizontally for a short distance at their upper ends, asshown at 9, and two of these slots 8 are preferably provided at eachside of the v the movable section 6. The projections form the means forsupporting the movable section in the frame, and since these projectionsare adapted to move longitudinally of the slots 8 it will be noted thatthe movable section 6 may be readily forced rearwardly away from the.plane of the body of the adjacent side 4 of the window-frame 1, and suchmovement will admit of a lateral movement of a certain sash 2 of thewindow in order to displace the said sash from the frame. It isnecessary, of course, that the sash 2, which is to be removed, beadjusted vertically in the frame 1, so that the frame of the sash willassume a position beside the movable section before any lateralpressureupon said sash will be effective in securing the displacementthereof.

Describing specifically the operation of removing a sash from thewindow-frame for any of the purposes before enlarged upon, the movablesection 6' is pressed upwardly and necessarily rearwardly until theprojections 10 9 of the slots 8 are horizontally formed, the

projections 10 will readily rest within these portions of the slots andthe movable section will thusbe held in its rearmost position. The abovehaving been accomplished, a sash or both sash may be operated, so as todispose the same alongside the movable section, wherebination, a side ofthe frame provided with a cut-away portion of substantially the samelength as one of the window-sash of the frame, 1 verticalsupporting-strips applied. tothe rear 1 face of the cut-away side of theframe upon opposite sides of the cut-away portion thereof,

3 a movable section normally occupying the cutaway portion of the sideof the frame, and ;projections extended from the edges of the 5 movablesection, theside of the frame and the 1 strips applied thereto beingprovidedzwith inclined slots toreceive the projections of the movablesection, the upper portion of said slots being extended horizontally.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES S. MOORE. Witnesses:

MOSES R- VAN SicKLE, GEO. VAN SrcxLE.

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